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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



MISCELLAFIES. 



Brighton Alu' Chwrch. — The following (aays a 

 London paper) are tlio names of the trees planted 

 in St Peter's Cliurcli Yard, with their eyinbolical 

 descriptions : — 



Cedar of Lebanon. — It beinor the tree selected 

 by Solomon for building the temple of Jerusalem. 



Weeping IVillow. — A native of Babylon, and the 

 tree on whicli the uuhoppy Israelites hung (heir 

 iiarps when they bemoaned the loss of Jerusalem. 



Sycamore. — The tree on which Zacchnus climb- 

 •'d to see Christ on his way to Jerusalem. 



Thorn. — To remind us of the crown of thorns. 



Aspen. — It beinij tlie tree of which the cross is 

 said to have been formed. 



Lime. — The principal papyraceous tree of the 

 ancients, and on the bark of which the Scriptures 

 were probably first written. 



Ash. — Esteemed a sacred tree in ancient times, 

 and the one to which the Serpent is said to have a 

 strong antipathy. 



Plane. — The favorite tree of the Greeks, and 

 nnder who°e shade the Athenian philosophers re- 

 tired to study. 



Birrh. — The tree from which the Lictors made 

 their faeces. 



Elm. — The funeral tree of the Romans, end the 

 coffin timber of Britons. 



Cypress, 'i'he funeral tree of all Eastern nations. 



Yew. — " The sacred Yew, so fear'd in war," and 

 ;! tree consecrated and dedicated to the grave. 



Abnr Vitce. — Although tiie tree of life, it shows 

 that immortality ia not the lot of any thing terres- 

 trial. 



Halley. — .^s being used in the decoration of 

 churches at sacred festivals. 



Box. — The plant formerly used in the feast of 

 the Purification of the Blessed Virgin. 



Poplar. — A plant held sacred by the Romans, 

 and tiie tree used to mark the boundaries of their 

 lands. 



Jiluple. — The tree of wliich the bowl of hospita- 

 lity was formed in the days of yore. 



Pine. — " And the tall pine for future natives." 



Da utile iigiuim 



Navigiis (iiiius. 



" The Cicful pine for ships." 



•' To thee I consecrate the pine." In Pagan days 



it was consecrated to Diana. 



Bay. — The Laurns Nobilis of the ancient war- 

 riors ; the crown of our poet Laureates: a suppos- 

 ed protection from lightning, and a purifier of pes ■ 

 tilential air. 



Laurel. — As an honor:;ble badge for tho?e v.lio 

 bravely defend Iheir country and their laws. 



Oak. — Once the refuge of a British Monarch, 

 and ever the bulwark of ojr State. 



worth, at $3 50 each. $22 .TO! It .startled us: can 

 it be, we thought, that our paper is so very low'? 

 We took a volume, in boards, published in Boston, 

 and having made a similar comparison, found that, 

 making the letter press, or reading matter of that 

 volume, our guide, we ouffbt to charge for the 

 Chronicle $12 50 a year! But perhaps periodical 

 pamphlets come cheaper. Here then is tlie Ameri- 

 can Journal of Education, an excellent work, and 

 nobody complains of its price. Judging by that, 

 as above, the advance price for our paper should 

 be $10,00; and taking the National Preacher even 

 for our guide, it should be Sv),00! We will apply 

 one other test, the severest in our power. We have 

 on our desk the little Tract, "Improvement in 

 Farming," — we recommend it, by the way, to our 

 agricultural friends; they ought all to read it — 

 published by the American Tract Society, and 

 therefore sold, as every body knows, at a price pro- 

 verbially low. Yet in order to make the same 

 amount of letter press as dear in our paper as in 

 the publications of thatSociety. we oueht to charge 

 .19 28 in advance! and yet fault is found with us 

 for asking 6^2 at the end of the year. 



N>v. 23, lear 



moss roses growiug wild about its hedges in every 

 direction. They are as numerous as the black- 

 berries in our own hedge rows. 



Superstition. — A southern paper, .nfler noticing 

 a dangerous wound received bv a man, in sliding 

 from a hay mow on a pitchfork, states, "thit medi- 

 cinal preparations were applied to the pitchfork 

 and it has been carefnllv wrapped up and deno^^it- 

 ed in flannel, to aid in healing of the wound ! This 

 method of cure was quite fashionable about two 

 hundred years asro. and medical writers sav it was 

 attended with ffreat advantages: for while the sur- 

 geon exhausted his skill on the instrument, dame 

 nature, more skillful, healed the wound." 



A species of sea weed has recently been brought 

 into use in Germany for stuffing cushions and ma- 

 trasses. "It is said to be capable of resisting hu- 

 midity altogether, and that it will not harbour any 

 infections or contagious matter. No vermin will 

 live in it. Some of the prisons and public estab- 

 lishments have already adopted it. This material 

 is found in the north of Germanv, and has been 

 first applied to this use by Mr Warburg, a mer- 

 chant of that country. If it answers the descrip- 

 tion, the discovery will be a most valuable one." 



Cheapness of J^ewnpapers. — It is not perliaps 

 generally known, says the Ncwburypoi t Uerild, 

 that the qutintity of printed matter ror.taincd in a 

 newspaper i.« much more than can be obtained in 

 any other way for the .same pi ice. The editor of 

 the Vermoiis Ciironicle in niiswei' to a complaint 

 of the extravagant price of his paper by a p.^rsnn 

 § who was solicited to subscribe, mikes the follow- 

 ing cakulitions, whicli wi'l .serve to rhow to all, 

 who are ignorant uf tlie fiic.t, the very low price af 

 which newspapers are usually put. 



"We went to o.ir shelves and took dawu n vol- 

 ume published in London, price, in boards, §2 60, 

 and on making an estimate, found that our paper 

 for a year contains us much as nine such vilumos. 



! In your discourse be cautious what you speak, 

 and to whom you speak — how you speak, and 

 when you speak — and what you speak, speak wise- 

 ly, speak truly. 



The country south of the Tagus is, with the ex- 

 ception of that part of it nearest the river, chiefly 

 covered with oak and cork trees; and the under- 

 wood, for many leagues tocrether, is composed of 



! gum-cy.'itus. It is with this shrub that the bakers 

 at Estremous, and throughniit the Alemtrjo, heat 



j their ovens; and the smell of it whif h every where 

 prevails, is truly delightful; although to some 

 stranoer.« it is at first »ery overpowering. 



I Afp'fs I never saw of so large n si/.c. or of such 

 excellent Sa\or as those of Montemor or Novo in 

 the Alemtejo. This town i:i remarkable for the im- 



i mensc quantities of apples and quinces, which 



'abound in the whole of its neighborhood, and of 

 those fruit trees the hedges are formed; the species 



I of the former called bem postas are of deserved 

 celebrity. 



Moss Roses A few leagues from Evora, in a 



north west direction is a small village called AI- 



' covas dc Roses, from the tiuantities of beautiful 



Superb Bulbous Flower Roots. 



Just received at the office of the New England Farmer, direci 

 from the most eminent llorists in Holland, it large assortment ol 

 liullious llimi'r roots, comprising the finest v.iiicties of Hyacinths, 

 Tulips, (l)iblnem. parrot, earlv and double) Double Ranunculus, 

 Amarvllis, Mexican Tiger Flower, Double Tuberoses, Double 

 Snowdrops, Peaonips, (Chinese crimson, double rose coloured, 

 and double white fringed) Neapoliiaii Star of Belhlehem (white 

 and blue) Polyanthus Narcissus, (white and yellow) Poet's Nar- 

 cissus. Spanish Bulbous Iris. Lilies (of varioiis sorts) Fritellaries. 

 various sorts of Crocus. &c. — Also. Bulb Glasses and Crocus pots 

 in the sliapp of hedgehogs, beehives, tlower baskets. &c. (a new 

 article.) — Catalogues of the whole may be seen at the office. 



Purchasers may rely on the excellence of the above, as they 

 were not purchased at auction, but are impelled direci from the 

 first florists in Holland, and are remarkable (or their size, beauty 

 or delicacy of tint. — They have been examined by persons ac- 

 quainted with the nature of bulbs, and pronounced of a very su- 

 perior quality. 



Also, on consignment, one cask of fine London split peas, by 

 the quart or bushel, for culinary purposes ; pulverized celery seed 

 for soii]>s. 



Fruit '[rets, 

 WM. PRINCE, the proprietor of the Linnaeare Bo- 

 Imiic Garden and Nurseries at Flushing, L. I. has 

 the pleasure of informing the public, thai his nurse. 



rv now contains 172 varieties of the Apple, 202 of 



Peais, ili of Cherries, 139 of Plums, 25 of Apricots, 84 of Peach- 

 es, 20 of Nectarines, lOof Almonds, 1-i of Mulberries, 6of(luin- 

 ces, 16 of Figs, 16 of Currants, 15 of Raspberries, 47 of Goose- 

 berries, 20 ofStrawberries, 257 of Grapes, 600 of Ornamental 

 Trees. Above 600 of the above kinds of Fruits are not to be 

 foumi in any other collection in Ami-rira. 



The diflerenl varieties cannot be otherwise than genuine, as 

 the greatest atiention is paid, and ne;irly all the kinds are inocu- 

 lated from hearing trees. The Cherry, Peach, and other trees 

 are generally of large size. Catalogues may be obtained al the 

 New England Farmer ofhce, gratis, and orders left there,or sent 

 by mail, will meet attention. 



Trees, Uriiameiilnl ■•<hriibs. &)C. 

 MR WINSHIP offers for sale at his Nursery, in Brighton, 

 the larsjesl variety of Fruit and Ornamental Tr • ' , Shrubs, &c. 

 His collection of Pruil Trees is large and well s. led; i.ui] his 

 variety of Ornamental Shrubs is very extensive. " rnprismg the 

 Rose Acacia, Three thorned Acaci.a, Giini Acari i double tiow- 

 ering .\lmonds. red and white Atthea., Pdadder nm tree, Bigno- 

 nia Radican, Burning Busli, dwaif flowering Her. se Chestnut, 

 splendid flowerino; Catalpas, Dahlias, Daphne P nk Mazereon, 

 (finest flowering slinih) variety of Grapes, variety uf Honeysuck- 

 le, English walnuts. VVeeping willows. Quince's, Syringes, La- 

 burnum, Snowballs. Rhubarb, Raspberries. Plums, Pecan iml 

 trees. Mountain .4sh, Lilacs, Larksj iir grandiflorn, Japan pear, 

 Jajwnnica chorchorrus, &lc. — Ordevs for anv of these articles 

 left with Mr Rissf.li., at the New England "Farmer office, will 

 be executed on the same terms as at llie laiisery. and delivered 

 in Boston, free of exjjense. — Cataloj;iies furnished gratis. _ 



JVew England Farmer\i Almanack, for 1838. 



Just publi-hed, at the New England Farmer Office, and 

 for sale by Bowles & Deareor.n, 72 Washington Street, and 

 at the Bo'okstiires generally, the Aen- Knglmd Farmer's Alma- 

 nack, (or \8'i8. By Thomas G. Fessenrien, Editor of the New 

 England Farmer 



Gooseberry Bushes. 

 Persons in want of superior varieties of Goosebeiries, can pro- 

 cure the bushes, by sending their orders to the ofiice of the New- 

 England Farmer. ' They are fiom Glasgow in Scotland ; tlic 

 fruit is fine flavored and large, (some may be seen at this office 

 measuring 3 and 4 inches in cirt umlerence) and of white, red, 

 and yellow colour. The price wil l imi exceed gi per dozen. 



.500 Crape lines. 

 For sale in Charleslovvn. by Samuel R. Joliuson. The above 

 choice vines are of the iftreel mile'- species, all raised from cul- 

 tirirs, and are from 3 to 4 years old, most of them in a bearin" 

 Slate. Orders (iir the above may be supplied at J. R. Newell's 

 Agricultural Establishment, No. 52 North Rlarket street, or by 

 the subscriber in Charlcstown ; price for each vine is from Iwen- 

 tv-five to fifty cenis, according to its age and size ; all the above 

 vines have been trained to trellises and insured to be as liealtby 

 vines as can be presented for sale. SAMUEL U. JOHNSON. 



Partner IVanled. 

 An active and business like man. of unimpeachable integrity, 

 is wanted to lake a share in an Agricultural and Horticultural 

 sneculalion. which promises the most profitable results wilboul 

 risk. A capital of SSa.* will I'v n- cessary For pariicutars, 

 i.pply bv letter, (post paid) to Mr. ISAAC W INSLOVV, Mei^ 

 chatit; fcostoii. ^31 



The Farm E!t is published every Friday, at $3.0f> 

 [,er .tniniin, or ?2,50 if paid in adrance. 

 Otntleinen who procure /ire responsible sulscrifccr-. 

 are entitled lo a six^'^ voluiae gratis. 



